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Sunday, 31 August 2014

Mind your manners!
How to deal with sticky
situations

When the three disgraces -- Paris, Britney and
Lindsay -- bared their bits for the paparazzi, it
sparked a media blitz. Despite their wealth and
fame, this trio are mere paupers in the
comportment department. ("Poor things!")
Etiquette consists of firm rules made by others
who have come before you, telling you to do
this and not do that on specific occasions, says
Letitia Baldrige, the former chief of staff to
Jacqueline Kennedy and author of Taste:
Acquiring What Money Can't Buy. "Manners
help you create order out of chaos, make
people feel comfortable and bring pleasure to
others." ELLE asked the grande dame of
decorum to guide us through some sticky
social dilemmas.
Your husband's boss has had one too many
at your cocktail party and is becoming
lecherous -- with you. How do you defuse
the situation?
Tip off your husband or a friend and proceed
to the kitchen together, where you become
intensely busy preparing more drinks. The
presence of your protector hovering over you
will discourage the amorous advances of your
husband's boss; if it doesn't, tell your husband
to look for another job at once.
A new friend sends you a gorgeous bouquet
to display at your party that evening, but
you're allergic to flowers. What do you do?
Hail a taxi and tell the driver to bring the
flowers to the nearest hospital. Tell your friend
that you sent them there because they were so
magnificent and that they'll shed light and joy
on many people.
When you meet for lunch, you notice that
your friend never pays half the bill. The
last time you met up in a group, she paid
even less. How do you call her on it?
Your friend needs a simple lesson in math, so
you can be the one to give it to her. Carefully
divide the bill up into equal parts and
announce to one and all what each person's
share is. If she still shortchanges you, only
meet her for breakfast at a very inexpensive
fast-food joint -- she just might catch on.
Your friend is a fashion victim with a
tendency to throw all the season's trends
into the mix. When you go out with her,
people stare and snicker. How can you steer
her toward a more stylish look?
You can't inspire anyone with your good
fashion sense in one or two tries. Maybe
someone could anonymously buy a semester or
two of schooling for her at a good fashion
institute.